Author: The Feisty News Staff

Lyft has introduced a feature that matches female drivers with female passengers on its ride-hailing app, in an effort to improve safety and encourage more women to drive with the company. The feature, Women+ Connect, will allow women and nonbinary riders and drivers to make being connecting with each other for trips a priority by toggling on a setting in the app. They could still be matched with men when no women or nonbinary people were available nearby. The goal, Lyft said, is for women to feel safer using its platform, and to increase the number of female Lyft drivers.…

One Medical, an Amazon company, is offering healthcare plans for $9 to Prime members. Prime members who join the program will have access to healthcare services and unlimited access to 24/7 on-demand virtual care, where patients can have a video chat with licensed providers within minutes through the company app. The “Treat Me Now” feature available in the app allows members to receive fast care for common concerns such as cold and flu, skin issues, allergies, urinary tract infections, and many more. Virtual care services are available nationally, and members do not have to pay any additional costs for on-demand…

A 34-year-old woman in New Orleans has been sentenced to 18 months in prison after attempting to hire a hitman to eliminate a romantic rival. Zandra Ellis was sentenced by a judge for transmitting threatening communications in interstate commerce. A fake website connected to the FBI offered evidence of Ellis’s crime. The website was “complete with its own web-based intake form for would-be solicitors to fill out, in their own words, the who, what, when, where, and why for requested services.” After completing the online form, Ellis met with an undercover FBI agent posing as a hitman and agreed to…

Helen Obiri, a Kenyan long-distance runner, has emerged victorious in the women’s division of the New York Marathon, which saw over 50,000 participants. This win is a major milestone in Obiri’s career, but it’s also historic as she is the first woman since Ingrid Kristiansen in 1989 to win both the Boston and New York Marathon in the same year, says MSN. The women’s field in the NY Marathon had only 16 professional runners this year, but the competition remained fierce. At the 20-mile mark, 11 of the 16 runners were still in contention for the top spot, but that…

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A 20-year-old crew member was charged with sexual assault for attacking a female passenger on a Margaritaville, Jimmy Buffett-themed cruise. Hoobesh Kumar Dookhy, a cruise bartender, served the women alcohol and kept the room key they had used to pay for their drinks. He then entered their cabin while they were asleep and sexually assaulted one of the women. The other woman in the cabin woke up and documented the assault with photos and a video, which she provided to cruise ship security. Unfortunately, this incident is not an isolated one. Between 2010 and 2022, 13 major cruise lines documented…

A 20-year-old Iowa woman who falsely claimed to have pancreatic cancer, leukemia, and a football-sized tumor wrapped around her spine, with documented “battles” on social media, has avoided jail time. Madison Russo never had any of the illnesses she claimed to have on her TikTok, GoFundMe, Facebook, and LinkedIn accounts, and about 400 people still sent her donations. Scott County prosecutor Kelly Cunningham defended Russo by recommending no prison time because she had no criminal history, had good grades in college, was employed, and was unlikely to reoffend. As part of her sentence, Madison Russo, who pleaded guilty to first-degree…

Ina Thea Kenoyer, a 47-year-old woman from Minot, North Dakota, was charged with class AA felony murder for the death of her boyfriend, Steven Edward Riley Jr. who was set to dump her after inheriting $30 million. Riley died on September 5th in Bismarck after being transferred from a local hospital in Minot. The autopsy revealed that his cause of death was poisoning by anti-freeze, according to The Guardian. The police apprehended Kenoyer on Monday, and it is believed that she may have killed Riley for financial reasons.  Kenoyer, who is also from Minot, is currently being held at the…

France is set to become the first country in the world to include the right to abortion in its constitution. President Emmanuel Macron made the announcement on International Women’s Day, stating that the right to choose abortion will be enshrined in the constitution from next year. Macron cited the precarious nature of women’s rights as a reason for the move. A poll conducted in June 2022 found that 81% of French people agreed that a woman’s right to choose abortion should be enshrined in the constitution. However, there has been some debate over the exact wording of the amendment, with…

A little-known café in rural Georgia, has no patience for rowdy children and went viral this week for charging an extra fee for bad parenting. A menu leaked on Reddit earlier this week shows the Toccoa Riverside Restaurant, which is found in the north Georgia Mountains has been charging unsuspecting parents an extra fee if their children are annoying. The charge for “bad parenting” is indicated on the menu as “Adult surcharge: For adults unable to parent.” Sadly for customers, the restaurant does not share information on what they perceive to be “bad parenting.” In addition, there is no indication…